Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich

295 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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The haunting history of the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015- A new translation based on the updated text -From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of...

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Moods

emotional 81%
sad 76%
dark 74%
informative 60%
reflective 60%
challenging 44%
tense 18%
adventurous 2%
inspiring 2%

Pace

medium 56%
slow 35%
fast 8%

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